Kevon Harris (born 1 June 1981) is a

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who played one season in the

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and earned one

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with the

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Career

Harris began his career with Santos F.C. (Jamaica) in 2000 before moving to the United States to play college soccer at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia with ...

for three years. He was a 2004 Second Team All American at Old Dominion. On 18 January 2005, the

Virginia Beach Mariners The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American football (soccer), soccer club, who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer. On March 30, 2007 t ...

selected Harris with the fourth pic of the

College Draft. He spent the 2005 season with the Mariners. After spending the next two years out of soccer, Harris signed with PDL club,

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in 2008.

International

Harris made one appearance for the Jamaica national team, in a 2–0 loss to

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on 8 January 2001.Jamaica International Matches Details 1998-2010
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Kevon 1981 births Living people Jamaican footballers Jamaican expatriate footballers Jamaica international footballers Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer players Virginia Beach Mariners players Virginia Beach Piranhas players USL First Division players USL League Two players Santos F.C. (Jamaica) players Association football defenders